What does the title mean?

[Louise Mitch]

'Postcards from a young man' where did they get it from and what does it mean?

[franny]

Google produces no results, I think that means they came up with it themselves, maybe they're reminscing

[UEF]

"It's an imaginary postcard sent to me from Richey,", says Nicky Wire, the band's bassist and current lyricist, "the album is an imagination of what that postcard might say. This is the first time in our history that we've written songs about Richey and it seemed a fitting title."

[franny]

Where's that from?

[UEF]

It's an imaginary interview that Nicky might give

[franny]

Originally Posted by UEF

It's an imaginary interview that Nicky might give

More reliable a source than the man himself

[relic]

I dunno, I've got it into my head that it's all a bit early 20th century wartime stuff. I've seen postcards sent to my great gran from her husband during WWI, and from my Uncle Sam to his wife during WWII, and that's the line that my imagination is going down. I've probably been influenced by the working title though.

[Mr Inconspicuous]

Perhaps a nod to Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, which is about an old guy listening to recordings of himself he made decades before. I believe it's the source of the "Perhaps my best years are gone" quote on the FD sleevenotes.

[StandAndStare]

Originally Posted by Mr Inconspicuous

Perhaps a nod to Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, which is about an old guy listening to recordings of himself he made decades before. I believe it's the source of the "Perhaps my best years are gone" quote on the FD sleevenotes.

I thought about that too. Maybe Nicky wrote some of the lyrics from the point of view of his younger self. He might have tried to imagine how he would have reacted if he was a young man in this present society.

[Ken Korda]

Originally Posted by UEF

"It's an imaginary postcard sent to me from Richey,", says Nicky Wire, the band's bassist and current lyricist, "the album is an imagination of what that postcard might say. This is the first time in our history that we've written songs about Richey and it seemed a fitting title."

I lol'd.

Ridiculously plausible.

[Donkey]

Manics - half a songs written by Richey, half a songs written about Richey...
So why not....

[Dizzy Spell]

Originally Posted by UEF

"It's an imaginary postcard sent to me from Richey,", says Nicky Wire, the band's bassist and current lyricist, "the album is an imagination of what that postcard might say. This is the first time in our history that we've written songs about Richey and it seemed a fitting title."

Aw! Should be insightful..if only eh?

[p2]

I see a theme emerging...Bible, a journal, a postcard...probably a fucking post-it note next

[Dizzy Spell]

Originally Posted by p2

I see a theme emerging...Bible, a journal, a postcard...probably a fucking post-it note next

Post-it notes from a slightly older man... oh i can see it now.

[relic]

Originally Posted by p2

I see a theme emerging...Bible, a journal, a postcard...probably a fucking post-it note next

"The Penny Black"

It would go well with The Great Western.